Digital broadcast shopping system

摘要

Provided is a digital broadcast shopping system which permits a party contributing to the digital broadcast shopping system to receive a consideration for its contribution to the digital broadcast shopping system. Thus is provided the digital broadcast shopping system wherein a receiver manufacturer can also receive a consideration for its contribution to the digital broadcast shopping system. The digital broadcast shopping system includes: a digital broadcast receiver operative to send out purchaser-issued information; a receiver manufacturer-side processor operative to receive the purchaser-issued information and to send out billing information on a receiver usage charge; and a product distributor-side processor operative to receive the purchaser-issued information and the billing information on the receiver usage charge and to perform a payment procedure for the receiver usage charge.